U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors had evidence, however, that he wasn't just mocking the system, but had intentionally taken steps to evade paying the federal treasury.

Assistant United States Attorney Joseph T. McNally wasn't pleased by Fox's push for six months in a residential re-entry house, and then six months in home detention as punishment because he's a "family man" with a sick wife and two kids.

R. Scott Moxley’s award-winning investigative journalism has touched nerves for two decades. An angry congressman threatened to break Moxley’s knee caps. A dirty sheriff promised his critical reporting was irrelevant and then landed in prison. Corporate crooks won’t take his calls. Murderous gangsters mad-dogged him in court. The U.S. House of Representatives debated his work. Pusillanimous cops have left hostile messages using fake names. Federal prosecutors credited his stories for the arrest of a doctor who sold fake medicine to dying patients. And a frantic state legislator literally caught sleeping with lobbyists sprinted down state capital hallways to evade his questions in Sacramento.